Article YKES UK police rely heavily on cyberweapons but won't answer any questions about them

UK police rely heavily on cyberweapons but won't answer any questions about them

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Cory Doctorow
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The UK police and security services have frequently touted the necessity of "equipment interference" techniques -- cyberweapons used to infect suspects' computers -- in their investigations, but they have refused to release any information about their use in response to 40 Freedom of Information requests from Motherboard. (more")

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